Author: Mark Streeter

If you are a trustee of a self-managed superannuation fund with a binding death benefit nomination, it’s important you understand your responsibility to remain impartial. If the fund involves a blended family, a binding death benefit nomination can...

The Lean Thinking and Practice Australasian Summit, held this year on 6-7 May in Melbourne, is an annual opportunity for Lean practitioners and theorists in Australasia to think more deeply on the principles and practice of the management theory and to...

In December 2013, the High Court confirmed that a liquidator of a corporate landlord may disclaim a lease that the company had granted to a tenant, leaving the tenant to prove they have suffered loss in the winding up. Broadly speaking, it is common...

With the official Bandaged Bear Day fast approaching (on March 27), Streeterlaw decided to get in early and raise some much-needed funds for The Children’s Hospital’s hospice at Bear Cottage in Manly. The staff at Streeterlaw Sydney held the...

A Guardianship case in the Supreme Court last October found that a financial manager could be replaced for reasons other than incompetence or impropriety if it was in the best interests of the protected person. In M v M [2013] 1495, the Supreme Court...

We are not the first legal firm to apply “Lean” (or Lean Six Sigma as it is described in the USA) as part of our management system but we may be one of the first in Australia. But don't expect Lean to become popular in the legal profession. The idea...

The Streeterlaw Fraud Department had a surge of extortion/blackmail cases in 2013. One of these cases involved a victim receiving threats from an anonymous source, whereby private and intimate information was to be “withheld” by an anonymous...

Streeterlaw is proud to announce that senior solicitor Simone Green (pictured) is now a Law Society Accredited Specialist in Family Law. Congratulations Simone! As a firm we are committed to investing in the training and professional development...

Has a family member recently passed away without leaving anything from their estate for you? If so, you may be entitled to make a family provision claim under the Succession Act. A family provision claim is an application for an order for provision to be...

In the unfortunate event that you lose the ability to manage your own financial affairs, it is common for a trusted relative, friend or solicitor to take over the management of your affairs. But it is important that you elect a Power of Attorney while...